Longview Hills @ Newport Oregon

Help is on the way!!!

Trouble learning how to use your radio? A week of fun comming up for you?

Remember we (The CERT Team) asked everyone to buy the FRS (family radio service) radios at Wal-Mart for $16 a pair and sell one to your neighbor or friend for $8.00?

A lot of folks did! Some did not. Of those that did many don't understand how to operate them. We are going to address that issue all next week and into the future. Here is the plan....

Starting Monday and every day therafter, for 1 week, CERT will broadcast a test alert for 5 minutes on CH5 at 11:00AM. You can turn your radio on, tune in to CH5 and listen. At the conclusion of the Broadcast you can call for a radio check on ch5 to learn how to talk and a CERT person will answer until 11:30AM.

For those of you who can't figure how to get the darn thing on or tune it let alone speak over it.. There is Help. All CERT members will be wearing their green ball caps emblazoned with the letters CERT in gold all week while out in the park. If you see one .. flag-em down and they will lend you a hand.

CERT Members are:

• Rod McCready

• Marlene Crites

• Ed Simon

• Kay Simon

• Bill Furgason

• Mike Larsen

• Greg Pfalmer

• Wayne Hill

• Ron Thomas

Once you learn... Practice and call every day during the test week. At the end of test week From that time forward we will test broadcast every week at 11:00 am on Wednesday and be available for radio checks. At some time between 11:00AM and 12:00 PM every Wednesday your NOAA Emergency Alert Radio will also broadcast a test alert and you can get used to listening to that too.

Help us serve the community by becoming proficient with your radio... I'll be listening for you!